Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Almere City – Feyenoord Rotterdam
Almere City FC is on its way to becoming the most successful debutant since RKC Waalwijk in 1988/1989, which finished eleventh in its first appearance. Since then, Heerenveen (1990, 17th), Cambuur (1992, 14th), RBC (2000, 18th), and Emmen (2018, 14th) joined the Dutch top flight and all finished in the bottom five. In the last five matches, Almere has gathered eight points with three goals scored and only three conceded.
An outstanding feature of the Flevoland team is its highly efficient use of goals scored. Under coach Alex Pastoor, the team has scored 22 goals in 22 matches and collected 27 points (+5). Only three other teams—FC Twente, FC Utrecht, and Fortuna Sittard—had more points than goals scored before this round. The home team will be without suspended players Joey Jacobs, Peer Koopmeiners, and Stije Resink.
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Opponent Feyenoord must recover from the disappointment of Thursday’s penalty drama. David Hancko and Alireza Jahanbakhsh missed from the spot as AS Roma progressed to the UEFA Europa League round of 16. While the Rotterdam side, as reigning champions, has tasted the UEFA Champions League group stage, their main goal now is to return to that stage by securing at least a second-place finish in the league.
In terms of winning trophies, Arne Slot‘s team is also in contention for the TOTO KNVB Cup. Next Thursday, FC Groningen at De Kuip stands as the penultimate hurdle towards this silverware. But first, they must take the next step in Almere towards securing UCL participation. Earlier this season, Feyenoord defeated Almere City FC 6-1 at home. Feyenoord is unbeaten in nine Eredivisie matches.
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Players to watch: Forward Thomas Robinet (8 goals, 1 assist) was the match winner in the recent away game against PEC Zwolle, but he has yet to score at home in 2024. Goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther has not conceded a single goal in his last five matches against Dutch opponents.
Hot stat: Almere City FC has kept nine clean sheets this season.
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